Alberto suggested Urginea. Another possibility is Asphodelus,
flowering after the leaves have withered. The latter would have had
long, narrow leaves.
Jane McGary
Portland, oregon, USa
At 01:38 PM 1/12/2014, you wrote:
>A new mystery bulb is posted to
>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
>(We started posting the newest ones on the top recently, rather than
>on the bottom.)
>
>This latest one is from Robert Hoel, who writes
>"In early October we were hiking in the foothills of the Atlas
>Mountains about an hour west of Marrakech when I realized we were in
>an area where these flowers were all around us. The flower reminds me
>of a type of Ornithogalum but there was no foliage."